Ice spur or creeper.



No. 741.349. PATBNTED OCT. 13, 1903 M. P. LINK.

I ICE SPUR 0R GREBPER.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1903. N0 MODEL.

.WITNES I I? Lb- [NVE/VTOR a e can; BY 64 Q I Attorney NITED STATESPATnN'r Patented October 13, 1903.

'ICE SPUR OR CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,349, dated October13, 1903.

Application filed June 19,1903- Serial No. 162,270. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVIIOHAEL P. LINK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bennett, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IceSpurs or Creepers; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ice-creepersfor heels of shoes, and comprises a spur-plate adapted to be adjustablyheld to a heel of the shoe and so arranged that the same may be removedfrom a socket -piece holding the same to the heel of the shoe when notin use.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafterfully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of rcferencemarked thereon, form a part of this application,and in which drawings the letters indicate like parts in the severalviews, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through a heel and aspur-plate secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the heel,showing the spur-plate in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a front edge view ofthe heel, showing a form of socket-piece for holding the plate. Fig. 4is an edge view of the plate, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the springfor holding the plate in place.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter,Adesignates a heel of the shoe in which is the recess B, and Gdesignates a socket-piece substantially U -shaped in cross-section whichis seated in said recess and has flanges O which project from theopposite edges of the recess, forming a central slot D, through whichaccess is had to said socket-piece.

E designates the spur-plate, which may be of any desired shape and isprovided with spurs E, projecting from one face thereof. The shankportion of said spur-plate is disposed at an inclination, as shown inthe edge View, and has a cross-barF at one end thereof designed toengage underneath the overhanging flanges O of the socket-piece O and toretain said spur-plate in place. A portion of the spur-plate isflattened at F, adapted to bear against the bottom of the recessedsocket-piece O, as shown in the vertical section of the drawings, and IIdesignates a spring one end of which is bent, as shown, and one end isfastened to a rivet K upon the spur-plate, while this other end, whichis horizontally disposed, is designed to engage the leather of the heeland hold the rear of the plate in the position shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

It will be observed that the spur-plate will have a longitudinalmovementin adjusting the same to the heel, and by withdrawing saidhorizontallydisposed portion II from the heel the rear end of the platemay be disconnected from the recessed plate 0 and the spurplate removedby pushing the opposite end out from underneath the flanges O, thusmaking the device easily adjusted to a heel, rendering it possibleto-easily remove the same when not in use.

While I have shown a particular construction of apparatus embodying myicecreeper, it will be understood that I may make alterations in theconstruction of the same without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ice-creeper for shoes comprising in combination with a shoe-heel,recessed at one edge thereof and provided with a flanged socket-pieceseated in said recess, the inner edges of the flanges overhanging therecess and forming a slot, a spurplate having a shank portionterminating at one end in a cross-bar adapted to engage said flanges andprovided with spurs on its outer face, and a spring secured to the rearend of the spurplate adapted to engage the heel of the shoe, as setforth.

2. An ice creeper for shoes, comprising in combination with a recessedheel, a socketpiece seated in said recess and having over portionadapted to engage the heel, as set 10 forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

MICHAEL P. LINK.

Witnesses:

O. J. WEITERSHAUSEN, W. G. WEIrERsHAUsEN.

